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My Hair Triggered Pneu 'Cocker

Hey Guys.
I finally had some time over the Long weekend up here in Canada to finish this project.
I've taken the mechanics of a PneuMag and adapted it over to create my version of a Pneumatic cocker
Thanks to Mag79 for his kit: Mag79 Kit
and all the resources I found here.

I had a chance to test her out for the first time on the field Monday.
All I can say is "Wow!"
I was easily keeping up with the electros on the field.
The trigger pull is as light as the original Select Fire WGP E-frame. The Magnets aren't necessary but it gives it a nice quick return.

Spyder's Fasta 18v boasts 30bps but since it is not a true force feed loader I was easily outshooting it with one finger.
As a newbie to swing frames I'm could barely walk it with any rhythm.

Who could imagine? I need a Prophecy to keep up with a mechanical cocker.

I intentionally used a Mini Rock LPR which has a larger air chamber providing me the the extra air volume.

Well there has to be 2 things in there, one for the sear and one for the 4way. I just don't know if/how you could set up one ram to do both.

This project can only be done (easily) with the WGP SF frame.

The SF frame is uniquely designed with a Non-traditional sear and X-way plate linkage. The sear and the x-way plates are linked together such way that when the Ram hits the assembly it drops the both the sear and activates the x-way plate at same time.

A stock pneumatic Ram lives inside the frame positioned vertically so that when the MSV pressurizes it, it Fires the piston upward.

Here is a picture of the Festo Noid separated from the Ram.
The body of the Ram is made of Aluminium and the bullet-shaped piston is made from delrin.

Unlike Clippards MPA3, the stock Ram is very simple; no return spring at all. It's just the body and the piston with a single O-ring. You end up needing less energy to move the piston. An very cleaver design.

Is anybody else wondering how easily the Ram could be moved to actuate a mag sear?

Take it to the next step.
For your Maggot Tinkerers who have been thinking about making a E-frame you can transfer the guts from a Trilly SF frame into your favorite Mag frame.
Voila! E-mag with ramping features and Eyes to boot.

After looking at this again I especially like the way you used the stock trilly t barb, and then ran the air through the front block and back down to the MSV-2. That is very cool IMO. The video is great, were you shooting all-star in the video?

3-qevs

Some updates.

I had a chance to tinker so I gutted the grip frame to illustrate how the trigger mechanism works.
You can see how sear and the 3-way plate is linked together with a horizontal spring.
So when the mini Ram strikes the bottom of the 3-way plate it lowers the sear and rotates the 3-way plate simultaneously.

I've also added a QEV to the RAM so that it would cycle more efficiently.
Is there any other gun that uses 3 QEVS ? :P

I tried a bunch of configurations but the space is pretty tight.
It would have been cleaner if I had mounted it directly to the Ram but this would have breeched a whole bunch of tiny air passages.
I might try it with my next version.